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Colby College Acceptance Rates & Admissions Statistics

What Type of Student Gets Admitted to Colby College?

Review the admissions stats from recent freshman classes to have a better understanding of your chances of being admitted to Colby College, located in Waterville, ME.

On this page you’ll find:

• What Admissions Stats Mean for You
• Selectivity of Colby College
• Acceptance & Enrollment Stats at Colby College
• Male to Female Ratio of Applicants
• Average SAT & ACT Scores
• Helpful Resources

How Admissions and Enrollment Stats Are Applicable to You

Selectivity and acceptance rates can be a big clue to how difficult it is to be admitted. Compare your test scores to prior applicants to get a good understanding of who you are competing against for entrance.

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Selectivity: The Numbers Behind Student Admissions

Selectivity measures how competitive it is to gain admission to a school.

Open Admissions	No
Selectivity of College	Most Selective (<10%)
Acceptance Rate	7%

Acceptance and Enrollment Stats

Colby College had 19,187 total applications. From this pool, 1,360 received admission offers, and 628 decided to attend.

Applicant Total	19,187
Accepted	1,360
Enrolled	628
Enrolled Full-Time	628

Getting into Colby College is 7.1%. With this acceptance rate, the institution is extremely selective and highly competitive. Gender-specific acceptance rates at Colby College: the female acceptance rate is 7% compared to 7% for male applicants.

The yield rate at Colby College is 46%. This shows that 46% of admitted applicants chose to attend. By gender, women enroll at a rate of 45% compared to 47% for men.

Who’s Applying: Applicants by Gender

These charts illustrate the male-to-female balance among applicants at Colby College.

	Men	Women
Applicants	9,391	9,785
Admitted	690	670
Enrolled	326	302

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Colby submitted their SAT scores (224 students).

When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 720 and 760. SAT Math scores ranged from 740 and 790.

SAT Section	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Critical Reading	720	760
Mathematics	740	790
Combined Total	1460	1550

Colby received ACT scores from 16% of its admitted class (98 students).

ACT Composite scores for the middle 50% fell between 32 and 34.

ACT Section	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Overall	32	34
English	33	35
Math	29	34

Additional Question to Ask

• A college’s selectivity gives us an idea of how rigorous the studies are, and how competitive the students are. However, not all students thrive in a competitive atmosphere, even if their grades are good. Does this college have the best learning environment for you?

Notes and References

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.